The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-19
THAT pARNELL LETTER.
Tho Home Rulers Claim 1t to be a Forgery
Parasii Denies Autiurshtp.

The Home Rulers Claim II to bs forcery
Parnsii Denies Authorship.
LONDON, April ls.-The alleged letter O
Mr. Parnsll, supposed to have been ad
dressed to Mr.. Egan, relative to thu
Phunix Park murders, which the Time
published this morning, las caused in
tense excitement among aii psrticg. ii
an interview to-day, MIR. Clancy (Parnel
lite) member from Dublin county, BRANDED
the letter as an infamous concoction and
declared that 1t bears internal evidence oI
forgery. lie said, also, that suspicion was
already directed against certain person
as the forger.
An Irish member OF Parliament depart.
cd for Dublin this morning 10 compare
the handwriting In the letter attributed Ia
MIR. parnell with that OF the perpon sus
pected.
Tho person to whom the letter was pur.
ported to have been written did not dis.
close the address, while no address Ia
given. The TACT that tho signature is only
part OF a letter In Parnell's writing is by
itself the home rulers argue, proof that
the whole thing Is a fraud, as according to
them, while 1t would be difficult to obtain
enough specimens oil ParDell's bapd.
writing 10 enable II forser to initiate 1t to
the extent necessary to successfully palm
oil tho whole letter as his, II is not at all
difficult 10 obtain his signature.
Mr.. Parnell, the agent OF tho Associated
Press ia authorized to state, will deny that
he wrote tho letter. Alr. Psrnell will
make this denial in The House Of Com.
mons. The editor OF the Times will DO
summoned to tho bar Of tho House OF
Commons TO explain the authorship OF
the letter. The sensation produced by
the publication Of the letter has been 30
great that the specially large edition is.
sued to meet the expected demand proved
insufficient.
The Times exposed special bulletins
calling attention to the letter, and sent
extra supplies TO the railway newa agents
and book stalls.
The lobby Of the House OF Corlmons
was crowded in the afternoon with mem.
bers eagerly discussing the alleged Par.
neil letter. The Irish mefnbers indig-
nsntly declared it forgery. Caiue and
Sir Henry James, Liberal Unionists, were
in animated conversation over
the letter.
In an interview to-day, Parnell pointed
out that although ct first sight SONS OF the
letters in the Times fac aimile appeared
to resemble his autograph, close COM
parison shows a decidedly striking differ.
ence in many importsnt points. The for
gerry slopes upward, the genuine hand.
writing downwards. Parnell always
places fall point after the initial rs" in
bis name, which the forgery omits. The
"" in Parnell, and &C." in Charles, are
quite different from anything be has ever
written. The letter &C." in Charles, is
abnormally long, and rs" and "P" are the
only letters in any way resembling his
genuine autograph. The pen Ut the be-
ginning OF "a" in the forged "Chae." was
evidently taken oil The paper, wheress in
the genuine signature it is always written
without break.
The forgery Parnell says is the work Of
person accustomed to penmsnship and
writing flowing hand, whereas his own
writing is always in crGmped style.
Psrnell further Haid the letter and signa-
.ure were impudent forgeries. He is un-
decided whether to prosecute the Times
or not.
The letter printed by the London Times
Ind which is purportei to have been
written by Mir. Psrnell, makes that gem
leman sympathizsr with the nssassins
who murdered English officials, and he
apologies to his correspondent for his
public ustersnces in coudamning the as